| Early Pottery in the Southeast: Tradition and Innovation in Cooking Technology (A Dan Josselyn Memorial Publication) |
 | Author: Kenneth E. Sassaman
Publisher: University Alabama Press
Category: Book
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Sales Rank: 1516372
Media: Paperback
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 304
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Dimensions (in): 8.8 x 6 x 0.9
ISBN: 0817306706
Dewey Decimal Number: 730.097581
EAN: 9780817306700
Publication Date: March 30, 1993
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Among Southeastern Indians, pottery was an innovation that enhanced the economic value of native foods and the efficiency of food preparation. But even though pottery was available in the Southeast as early as 4500 years ago, it took nearly two millennia before it was widely used. Why would an innovation of such economic value take so long to be adopted? The answer lies in the social and political contexts of traditional cooking technology. Sassaman's book questions the value of using technological traits alone to mark temporal and spatial boundaries of prehistoric cultures and shows how social process shapes the prehistoric archaeological record. This is a Dan Josselyn memorial publication.
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